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At Blue Origin, we envision millions of people living and working in space for the benefit of Earth. We're working to develop reusable, safe, and low-cost space vehicles and systems within a culture of safety, collaboration, and inclusion. Join our diverse team of problem solvers as we add new chapters to the history of spaceflight!

We are a diverse team of collaborators, doers, and problem-solvers who are relentlessly committed to a culture of safety. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable space flight. Join us in lowering the cost of access to space and enabling Blue Origin's vision of millions of people living and working in space to benefit Earth!

As part of a hardworking team of diverse engineers, you will work at the intersection of program management, engineering, supply chain, test, manufacturing, and quality organizations, supporting team effectiveness and coordination. Assignments can range from supporting procurement activities, to coordinating component development & testing, and supporting vehicle subsystem integration activities. In early project phases you may support the definition and tracking of project schedule to achieve overall program goals and component requirements. In later phases, you will help coordinate internal and external stakeholders, oversee changes, and help track the resolution to unexpected problems in support of vehicle or subsystem builds, subsequent integration into test facilities and launch vehicles, and test activities.

As a Project Engineer within the Lunar MK2 Vehicle Team, you will support a passionate team of contributors and experts across multiple IPT's. In this role, you will support, and track activities tied to the development and manufacturing of vehicle components. You will contribute to tracking design, manufacturing, test and production of various devices and assemblies, and help define and refine best practices to increase the efficiency of our project execution and manufacturing approaches and processes. In addition, you may interface with vendors or small teams to set requirements and track supplier developments for procuring hardware, tooling, and assemblies, including coordinating with vendors and Blue through technical issues. As a Project Engineer, you must enjoy solving communication and organizational problems, earning trust, and improving the overall performance of all teams involved.

We are seeking a self-motivated and highly organized individuals with technical backgrounds who can work with some direction to drive execution of engineering integration activities. This position will directly impact the history of space exploration and will require your dedicated commitment and detailed attention towards safe and repeatable spaceflight.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
  • Create and manage a line of balance for hardware and key equipment/tooling to support upcoming builds and tests
  • Defining control points and managing integration of these points within the engineering bill of materials and the various support organizations
  • Ensuring adequate demand planning processes are established and appropriate signals are communicated to support organizations
  • In early project phases, you may partner with IPTL's to support the definition of the project schedule to achieve overall program goals and component requirements
  • In early project phases, with the oversight of your Integrated Project Team Lead (IPTL), you may support the definition of the project schedule to achieve overall program goals and component requirements
  • Coordinate the assessment of programmatic impact given engineering change requests
  • Coordinate and track engineering changes with upstream and downstream stakeholders
  • Oversee/ track recovery strategies when non-conformances, issues, or other escapes are identified
  • Coordinate with procurement, internal, and external stakeholders to ensure that hardware/ tooling priorities are understood and are actively managed to support need dates
  • Inform IPTL of any schedule-critical hardware, equipment, people, and facilities
  • Support continuous improvement initiatives and/or kaizens to address program process gaps


Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Aerospace or Systems preferred)
  • 5 + years of relevant technical project management experienc
  • Experience leading a small technical team
  • Ability to earn trust, build and maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion
  • Strong bias for action and ownership demeanor, understanding which decisions can be made quickly with low risk and which require thoughtful deliberation
  • Knowledge of project planning and execution practices, including logic-linked schedule management
  • Experience with Primavera P6 or other GANTT-style project management tools
  • Significant configuration management experience of complex assemblies
  • Understanding of MRP


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Knowledge of space vehicles
  • Experience with Creo & Windchill
  • Experience in Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA)
  • Design experience including analysis and drawing development
  • Experience with Redash or SQL database queries
  • MBA or equivalent
  • Lean Six Sigma Green / Black Belt


Compensation Range for:
WA applicants is $115,920.00-$162,288.00

Other site ranges may differ

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the requisition is closed.

Inclusivity Statement

Don't meet all desired requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single desired qualification. At Blue Origin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every desired qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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Benefits

Benefits include: Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability, 401(k) with a company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.

Paid Time Off: Up to four (4) weeks per year based on weekly scheduled hours, and up to 14 company-paid holidays.

Discretionary bonus: Bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.

Eligibility for benefits varies by role type, please check with your recruiter for a comprehensive list of the benefits available for this role.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Blue Origin is proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a highly qualified, diverse, and dedicated work force. Blue Origin hires and promotes people on the basis of their qualifications, performance, and abilities. We support the establishment and maintenance of a workplace that fosters trust, equality, and teamwork, in which all employees recognize and appreciate the diversity of individual team members. We provide all qualified applicants for employment and employees with equal opportunities for hire, promotion, and other terms and conditions of employment, regardless of their race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin/ethnicity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or any other status or characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local law. Blue Origin will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the Washington Fair Chance Act, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles Fair Chance in Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws. For more information on "EEO Is the Law," please see here .

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